X-ray wrist 2 views (both sides) at Palisades Medical Center

7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 31, 2025 · Ingested Sep 4, 2026

$103.69

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$477.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$22.65 with HORIZON vs $441.70 with QUALCARE — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $22.65 ↓ -78%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $53.71 ↓ -48%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $53.75 ↓ -48%
AETNA PPO $54.63 ↓ -47%
AETNA HMO $54.63 ↓ -47%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $65.91 ↓ -36%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $81.57 ↓ -21%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $83.00 ↓ -20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $85.86 ↓ -17%
CIGNA HMO $92.43 ↓ -11%
CIGNA PPO $92.43 ↓ -11%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $103.69 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $103.69 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $108.88 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $113.03 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $219.04 ↑ +111%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $219.04 ↑ +111%
HORIZON OMNIA $326.36 ↑ +215%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $328.46 ↑ +217%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $357.75 ↑ +245%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $357.75 ↑ +245%
HORIZON PIP $357.75 ↑ +245%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $381.60 ↑ +268%
HORIZON SHP $391.57 ↑ +278%
HORIZON HMO $403.35 ↑ +289%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $405.45 ↑ +291%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $406.50 ↑ +292%
HORIZON PPO $413.56 ↑ +299%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $441.70 ↑ +326%
QUALCARE HMO $441.70 ↑ +326%
QUALCARE PPO $441.70 ↑ +326%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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X-ray wrist 2 views (both sides) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $190.80 $69.17 – $69.17
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $210.00 $13.81 – $655.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $97.46 $36.37 – $219.04
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $103.69 $20.53 – $250.18
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $96.23 $36.37 – $96.23
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $97.54 $48.02 – $231.98
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $97.46 $36.37 – $102.33
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $97.54 $31.07 – $219.04

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